L'Avenue au parc de Voyer-d'Argenson à Asni?res
oil on canvas
211Ü2 x 261Ü4 in. (55 x 67 cm.)
Painted in 1887

Provenance

M.-C. Hoogendijk, The Hague; sale, Frederik Muller & Cie., Amsterdam, 21 May 1912, lot 30 (as L'allée).
A.M. Baron van Tuyll van Serooskerken, Amsterdam.
Marcel Kapférer, Paris (1938).
Wildenstein & Co., Inc., New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Gilman, New York (1955).

Exhibited

Amsterdam, Rijksmuseum, 1909-1912 (on loan).
London, Leicester Galleries, Artists Who Died Young, March-April 1938, no. 27 (as L'Allée).
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., The Art and Life of Vincent van Gogh, October-November 1943, p. 56, no. 14 (illustrated; as The Avenue Saint Cloud).
New York, Wildenstein & Co., Inc., Loan Exhibition Van Gogh, for the Benefit of the Public Education Association, March-April 1955, p. 20, no. 17 (illustrated, p. 38; as The Avenue).
Lot Notes

In L'Avenue au parc de Voyer-d'Argenson à Asni?res, a lone figure is represented, barely visible in the distance and sheltered by the lush canopy of trees which line the avenue. There is a rhythmic quality to the composition, contrasting the procession of tree trucks with the horizontal brushstrokes that constitute the ground. Van Gogh's strong palette creates a wonderful luminosity, as sunlight dances across the treetops and filters down through the branches.